NITROGEN.

Otago Witness, Issue 1296, 30 September 1876, Page 18

NITROGEN.

The chief supply of nitrogen on the farm ia found in the urine of animals, the dung of fowls, and skim milk, unless a fellow has money to swap for fish scrap, ■wpollendust, or some other manufacturer's waste containing nitrogen. In saving Urine (considering labour and the chance of evaporation) that ia moat completely economical which falls fresh upon the grass. , Our summer barn-yards waste nitrogen extravagantly. It may be better ,to have a movable shelter to milk under in the pasture, and fetch the milk rather than the cows home. The hennery should be so dry as to cure the droppings of the ' fowls while fresh and unfermented. While . -we have been using skim-milk as a special /fertilizer, pork has about doubled in price. "Whoever has fixtures for the business will ' feel encouraged to make more pork, but those, who have fine fruit plantations lack-; ing nitrogen may see a better market for their' plants. A trusted correspondent of • the -Tribune forcibly recommends the •use .of. milk upon grass. We may buy nitrogen in forms that are very likely to waste. Fish pommace would be the better probably if it could be spread in an unfermented liquid form, as milk and urine may be, but thereabouts with fish is '•where the labour question comes in. Those who make a business of selling special fertilizers must have a profit whether the farmers get any or not. Twenty. dollars per ton I have heard named recently as a desirable figure above cost for the manufactures. • That is more than the production of honest farm staples will pay. — [Connecticut Gourant. ■